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I figured with this being Valentine’s week that this would be a good topic to talk about.
Some of you are saying awe man any week but this week.
I don’t want to hear about Intimacy this week as I am about to face a week with out this and here in church we have to hear about it.
God has been stirring this in my heart for some time now and God in his wisdom has led us to this point today.
When we say the word intimacy, most people immediately think sex.
Society has conditioned us to think that intimacy means sex.
I would argue that intimacy is so much more than just sex and that sex is not necessary to experience intimacy.
I am also passionate about this topic because the world today has conditioned us to have sex without intimacy.
Movies and tv shows have dumbed down sex to be just something that you do.
If you are out on a date on Friday night it is something that might just take place and happen.
It is assumed that teens are having sex and that they just get in to casual relationships and sex is the result.
A few weeks ago, I spoke about a close intimate relationship with our Lord.
As I used those words, I thought I bet so many have a corrupt idea of what intimacy truly is.
I would guess that many have a distorted view of intimacy because of this idea that intimacy is sex.
For many, if you were honest, you would say if that is what intimacy is, then I really don’t want any part of it.
Intimacy: close familiarity or friendship; closeness.
"the intimacy between a husband and wife"
a private cozy atmosphere.
an intimate act, especially sexual intercourse.
closeness of observation or knowledge of a subject.
Those who did not want to hear about this today can take a deep breath because the intimacy we want to focus on is Intimacy with God.
What is Intimacy with God?
The definition that would be closest to what we are striving for today would be close familiarity or knowledge of a subject.
To truly know God.
Hosea and Gomer
This love story of God pursuing Israel and Israel constantly running after other Gods.
God delivers Israel from slavery but they constantly complain to God and desire to go back to slavery.
“Righteousness” (ṣeḏeq̱) and “justice” (mišpāṭ) refer here to the maintenance of Israel’s just cause, which includes vindication through deliverance.
“Love” (ḥeseḏ) is an unanswerving devotion which fulfills the responsibilities arising from a relationship.
“Compassion” (raḥămîm, related to rāḥam, used in 1:6–7; 2:1, 4) is tender feeling which motivates one to gracious action.
“Faithfulness” (’ěmûnâh) implies dependability and constant loyalty
v. 20 You will know Yahweh
This is intimacy to know God.
To know His righteousness, justice, love and compassion
Intimacy takes work
We live in a day where we want intimacy without putting work in to get it.
The lies I mentioned earlier have brought us to believe that sex equals intimacy and if we just go have sex then we can experience intimacy.
The tv shows and movies tell us a lie that intimacy does not take work.
We were designed for a relationship with God.
If We could probably design an app for our phones that would promise to have a relationship with God and not take work.
It would probably be a highly downloaded app among church goers.
Today we want to be on fire for God but we don’t want to take the time.
We want to pray passionately but we don’t want to stop to pray.
We want Jesus to remove all our anxieties quickly but we don’t want to take time to build trust in Him.
To know God takes work
Intimacy takes work.
It takes us spending time with Him.
It takes us getting to know God.
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